the primary consultant received the award in recognition of their cooperative alliance in completing the project . = tim richmond = tim richmond ( june 7 , 1955 – august 13 , 1989 ) was an american race car driver from ashland , ohio . he competed in indy ##car racing before transferring to nascar ' s winston cup series ( now sprint cup series ) . richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to nascar stock cars full @ - @ time , which has since become an industry trend . he won the 1980 indianapolis 500 rookie of the year award and had 13 victories during eight nascar seasons . richmond achieved his top nascar season in 1986 when he
the primary consultant received the award in recognition of their cooperative alliance in completing the project. = tim richmond = tim richmond ( june 7, 1955 – august 13, 1989 ) was an american race car driver from ashland, ohio. he competed in indycar racing before transferring to nascar's winston cup series ( now sprint cup series ). richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to nascar stock cars full @ - @ time, which has since become an industry trend. he won the 1980 indianapolis 500 rookie of the year award and had 13 victories during eight nascar seasons. richmond achieved his top nascar season in 1986 when he